单词 | allineate |
释义 | allineatev. rare. transitive. To align (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality or fact of being in a line (with) > bring into (a) line [verb (transitive)] align1693 allineate1785 line1796 to bring into (a) line1851 parallelize1853 1785 Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 251 The bell b, is alineated with the bell a, and much nearer to it than the third. 1864 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1871) v. 184 The intended base line [must be] allineated by placing a telescope a little beyond one of its proposed extremities. 1902 W. Digby Nat. Law in Terrestr. Phenomena 196 During January 1881 Mercury, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter were alineated. 1922 U.S. Patent 1,427,679 4/2 An apparatus for handling bread, comprising a device for automatically righting the loaves.., means for automatically allineating the righted loaves, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1785 |
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